Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-12-30
AN ORDINANCE
Providing for Vote npon the Question Of
Sub. eribiug 5000, 600 to the Capital
stock of the Wheeling and Rar-
risburs Railway Company
of West Virginia.

riSburs Railway Company
of West Virginia.
WHEREAS The Wheeling and Harrisburg Rail
way Company Of West Virginia has requested a
vote TO be ordered aud money 10 be appropriated
In aid OF the construction OF its railroad III ONO
county intending bridge across the Ohio river,
at or near The head of Wheeling Island, and
tracks thereon and the approaches thereto, ana
the terminal tracks and facilities thereof. In the
said county, including n tunnel through Wheel
ing Hill and within The linus ol 'he 'i'y oi
WHEREAS. The Board of Comm sSloners oil the
county of ohio deem il desirable tor the county
TO appropriate money 10 aid III the construction
of such railroad bridge across the Ohio river In
said county. and Of railroad crossing said
bridge ana tae terminal and connecting tracks
aud facilities Of said railroad, in SAID coanly,
such appTOpr .ation In be made by subscription 10
the capital stock of said company; therefore, II
is hereby
ORDERED, BY the said Board of Commissioners
Of the county Of Ohio, that vote be taken
upon the question OF appropriation by such SUD
st:rpinn, hy said county, Of the sum OF SNo,i w.
10 the work a owe specified Such vote shall be
taken at the several places Of voting IN SAID
county, ut a special election which shall be held
On Saturday, the Fourth Day Of Feb
ruary, 1855.
If such vote shall be in favor OF such apprOpria-
lion, any subscription thereof 10y this Board, or
its agent shall he upon the terms and conditions
following: The said sum OF Three hunoied
Thousand Dollars shall be subscribed 10 the capt.
| tai stock of the Wheeling and Harrisburg Kali
way Company of West Virginia, and such sub
scriptiOn thall be payable as follows: Fifty
| thousand dollars when at least one hundred
thousand dollars shall have been expended by
| the railway company in the construction OF the
bridge aforesaid, and fifty thousand dollars shall
have been expended by the railway company IN
Il Ns..NN Of faRn NfnA Is
aforesaid in the county of Ohio. The second
| fifty thousand dollars shall be paid when Two
| hundred thousand dollars shall have been eX-
pended by the railway company in the conStruc-
lion of the said bridge, and one hundred thous-
and dollars shall have been expended by the rail-
way company in the purchase and construction
of the terminals aforesaid in the county Of ONO.
The third fifty thousand dollars shall be paid
when three hundred thousand dollars shall have
| been expended 10y the railway company in the
construction of the said bridge ana one hundred
| and fifty thousand dollars shall have been cX-
pended by said railway company in the purchase
and construction Of the terminals aforesaid. The
| fourth fifty thousand dollars shall be paid when
| four hundred Thousand dollars shall have been
| eXpcRdcd by he railway company i'll the con
| structiOn of the said bridge, and two hundred
| thousand dollars shall have been expended Ivy
| said railway company in the purchase and con-
| structOn OF the terminals aforesaid. The re
naming one hundred thousand dollars shall be
| paid when said bridge and tunnel shall have
| been competed, ana Wnen new Thll1Odl uOll
| the bridge to BowerSLOn, IN the State OF Ohio,
shall have been constructed ready for the pass
| age of trains. or shall, i'll the judgment nf the
Board of Commissioners be so far advanced in
construction rs 10 practically assure It's compile
| ton, and when the sum OF three hundred lnOns-
| and dollars shall have been expended in the
purchase and construction OF suCn terminals.
| PrOriifd, That il the construction Of the said
bridge and railroad from the said bridge TO Bow.
crStnn Ohio shall not he in good faith commenced
| xutf
making of such subscription, II II DC author
| lied, or being commenced, shall not he com
| % cted, and have cars running over the said rail-
| road and bridge into the county OF Ohio anu the
civ of Wheeling within four years from the date of
making such subscription, aud such further time
as may be rendered necessary 10y litigation hiCh
could not reasonably be avoided, then the said
Board shall be at liberty To withdraw as 10 any
part of the subscription Of three hundred thOus-
and dollars which may not have become paya-
| BILE under the terms of this Ordinance, and II
| said subscription be authorized, the said railway
company shall accept or decline the said sub
scriptiOn within thirty days after the same may
be offered by the Board or its agent But the
Board of Commissioners may, for good cause
shown, extend the time for the commencement
or completion Of the work. The agreement 0f
| subscription shall ttipulale on behalf Of the
Wheeling and Harrisburg Railway Compa
| ny of West Virginia, and Its SuCCe SOrS, that
any and every railroad heretofore or hereafter
| constructed Shall have the right To connect its
tracks with the tracks OF said railway company
| extending over said bridge and the approaches
| thereto and to transport It's trains over said
bridge and approaches, upon paying COmpenS0-
| ton therefor, under such reas unable regulations
and on such reasonable terms aS said railway
company shall prescribe; and that said railway
company, or It's successors, shall transport all
ears or freight aud pas. cngerE, over said bridge
and over said terminal tracks in the city of
Wheeling AMI BenwOOd, (If said terminal system
is extended Ia the latter point and the charge
for transporting any freight car upon or over said
a hall 4flft ~ llnr
car, and SAID railway company shall permit the
aforesaid use of its tracks and perform the afOre-
said services for any and every railroad now
hereafter bnilt into the said city of heelng,
BenwoOd, or Martins Ferry, without dscrimina-
ton either rs To charges for like priyileg ser
vice or as 10 the manner of performing such ger
vice
PrOpited Said railway company, or its success
sors shall not he required u transfer any freight
car upOn or over its terminal system for any rail
road company which shall not perform like
service upon or over its track in the city oI
Wheeling or Benwood, or Martins Ferry TOR said
railway company or its succf sSOrs at like charge
for like service. The stock TO lie issued under
said subscription shall II the said Board Of Com
miSSiOneTs elect, nj the time of making the sub
| scrptiOn, he made n preferred stock, 10 the cf-
feet that ten per cent of the net earnings OF said
railway company, after paying operating cx-
penSGs, mainlenanccS, taxes, interest AMI ncccs
| Sary improvements, shall I've applied To the re-
demptiOn and retirement of said stock at par.
The said election shall he held 10y the following
named Commissioners, who are hereby appointed
| inr that purpose, that is 10 say:
WASHINGTON DISTRICT.
AiMc IFoSC HouSC-M. Edwards, Lewis Weitzel,
John q. Kline.
1t FHlion-ThomaS Myer, F. Hamm, T Hanna
MADISON DISTRICT
Al Market HoUs,--PatriCk Kennedy Cecil A.
Robinson, John II. Tappan.
u he Island Hose HOUSc-G. W. Bags, !. A.
Faris. J. ElwOod Hughes.
CLAY DISTRICT.
Afthc Od Court HpUSe-W. f. Peterson, John II
Hall, h. J. Felber.
UNION DISTRICT.
Court HJuSc--ChaTlcs LoeHer, John II. Downs
James K. Ackcr
CENTRE DISTRICT
H0sc House h. Delbrugge, Fred. Lane, James
Reed, Sr.
WEBSTER DISTRICT
Hose House-John Clark, John weisgerber,
Bernard Klieves.
RITCHIE DISTRICT.
Hose HOuSs-IacOb Hopststter, Henry Schulz,
August SOlte.
adams School House,. s. Garvin, t. MsrpOle,
=. MC''nlly.
TRIADELr HIA DISTRICT
LruuterroDd (SchOol HUHss)--G ". Woods, Pla-
tof Zane, J. Games.
Elm Gr0rf (T0,rn IiaLl(--J. O. Woods, John Hal
stead, W. T. chambers.
TTlddtiphid (LGtrsOn Sd. y. ThOrnburg John
Helfenbine Robert Armstrong.
Wesley RObiHsOR's--JameSO Oldham, John Robin